Prose Poems by Pierre Reverdy

Translated from French by way of Ron Padgett. PROSE POEMS is Peirre Reverdy's first number of poems, initially released in 1967. "I enjoyed its austerity, its spookiness, and what I alleged to be its cubism...Dedications--removed from later editions--were to Max Jacob, Pablo Gargallo, Henri Laurens, Marcelle Braque, Josette Gris, Andre point, Pablo Picasso, Leonce Rosenberg, Claude Laurens, Marthe Laurens, Juan Gris, Henri Matisse, and Georges Braque, all of whom have been acquaintances or buddies of the author"--Ron Padgett.

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By the time I threw the door open he was already sitting up in bed, bleeding profusely from a deep stab wound in his shoulder. Before I went to his aid I had a look back at the fireplace. The spear was still in position above the mantle. “To his credit the old soldier did not make a fuss as I roused his housekeeper and between us we dressed the wound as well as we were able. The housekeeper, being one of that stoic breed of Scots women who treats everything with equal scorn, took over from my misplaced fumbling and banished me from the maister’s room.

Arkwright said. ” Carnacki laughed loudly at that. “No. Not that one, but the Lady I sent to her rest was also of noble birth. Come chaps. Have I not given you enough clues? The date of the journal alone should give you some idea? And the place, the seat of an ancient Scottish family? If you have not the wit to work it out for yourself then I have not the inclination to enlighten you. ” At that Carnacki rose from his chair, the time honoured signal that our evening was over. “Out you go,” he said jovially at the door.

He must have seen my shock, and was quick to allay any fears I might have shown. “‘Oh no. You misunderstand me. There is nothing wrong with Lisabet. A more even tempered girl you will never find. No. The problems arose within the walls of the old castle itself. At first it was merely knockings in the night, doors opening and closing, that sort of thing. I tried to write it off as merely the old stone itself settling and ageing. ’ “‘We took to ignoring the second floor completely, and that was that for several years.